A history of the work of redemption. Containing the outlines of a body of…

This was the tribe of which Christ was to c•me; and in this chiefly did God's visible church consist, from Solomon's time: and this was the people over whom the kings that were legal ancestors of Christ, and were of the house of David, ••igned. This people ⟨p. 96⟩was wonderfully preserved from destruction during this period, when they often seemed to be upon the brink of ruin, and just ready to be swallowed up. So it was in Rehoboam's time, when •hishak king of Egypt came against Judah with such a v•st force; yet then God manifestly preserved them from being destroyed. Of this we read in the beginning of the 12th chapter of 2 Chron. So it was again in Abijah's time, when Jeroboam set the battle in array against him with eight hundred thousand chosen men; a mighty army indeed. We read of it, 2 Chron. xiii.3. Then God wrought deliverance to Judah, out of regard to the covenant of grace established with David, as is evident by ver 4. and 5.; and the victory they obtained was because the Lord was on their side, as you may see, ver. 12 So it was again in Asa's time, when Z•rah the Ethiopian came against him with a yet larger army of a thousand thousand and three hundred chariots, 2 Chron. xiv.9. On this occasion Asa cried to the Lord, and trusted in him, being sensible that it was nothing with him to help those that had no power; ver. 11. "And Asa cried unto the Lord his God, and said, Lord, it is nothing with thee to help, whether with many, or with those that have no power." Accordingly God gave them a glorious victory over this mighty host.

This was the tribe of which Christ was to c•me; and in this chiefly did God's visible church consist, from Solomon's time: and this was the people over whom the kings that were legal ancestors of Christ, and were of the house of David, ••igned. This people ⟨p. 96⟩